Nothing is certain except campaign donations and taxes — deadlines to report them, that is. Most candidates for Congress must file detailed campaign finance reports by Sunday night. The documents will list donors and expenditures for the first three months...
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Candidates for Congress Face Donation Reporting Deadline
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Campaign workers prepare for the primary night party for Texas Rep. Ron Paul on Feb. 28, 2012.
Ron Paul Isn’t Going Away So Quickly
Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul says efforts to anoint Mitt Romney as the party’s standard bearer for the fall election are premature. In a fundraising e-mail today, Paul, a U.S. representative from Texas, said he would attempt to raise $2.5 million April...
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Paul Ryan at the Heritage Foundation on March 22, 2012.
Budget Chairman Ryan Has $5 Million in Campaign Funds
Representative Paul Ryan, the budget-writing Wisconsin Republican sometimes mentioned as a running mate for Mitt Romney, has more than $5 million in campaign reserves. Ryan, who’s been in the House since 1999, began April with $5.1 million in the bank...
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Security personnel guard a canal that runs along the area where President Barack Obama's vacation compound is located in Hawaii.
Obama: ‘I Just Rent That House’
President Barack Obama is ever eager to draw contrasts with Republican Mitt Romney. That can be tricky when campaigning across South Florida, as the president is today, raising millions of dollars for his reelection campaign at the homes of some...
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Rep Gabrielle Giffords, right, tours the Gabrielle Giffords Family Assistance Center, one of her favorite charities, with her staffer Ron Barber, on Jan. 23, 2012, in Tucson.
Former Giffords Aide Raises $549,000 for House Seat
Ron Barber, a longtime former aide to Arizona Democrat Gabrielle Giffords who’s seeking to succeed her in the U.S. House, raised $549,000 in less than two months with her help. Giffords and her husband, astronaut Mark Kelly, each gave the...
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Voters pass "Defeat Obama" pad before the Iowa caucus in Clive, Iowa, on Jan. 3, 2012.
Republicans Top Democrats in Swing-State Iowa
Republicans have overtaken Democrats on the voter registration rolls in Iowa, which may be one of the most closely contested states in the November presidential election. There were 611,990 active registered Republicans and 607,999 active registered Democrats as of yesterday,...
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President Barack Obama on the wall of an artist's studio in Pawlet, Vermont.
Vermont: Land of Cheese and Presidential Dough
There aren’t many Vermonters, but they do give generously to presidential candidates. Vermont, which President Barack Obama is visiting today on a fundraising trip, is one of just five states where contributions have averaged more than $1 per resident. Bloomberg...
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President Obama figurines at the famed 'South of the Border' stop on the North Carolina/South Carolina border. It's not a big seller according to one cashier.
Obama Excludes Seven Republican States in Nationwide Travels
When President Barack Obama makes his inaugural trip to Vermont tomorrow he’ll be checking off one of eight U.S. states he has yet to visit since taking office. In an election-year presidents want to show they’re connected to their constituents by telling voters...
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A donation box for Rep. Ron Paul at a rally in Hudsonville, Michigan, on Feb. 26, 2012.
Month’s End Compels Candidates to Chase Campaign Cash
Seeing a lot of urgent requests for campaign contributions in your in-box or on campaign websites lately? There’s a good reason. Saturday brings the end of March — the cutoff for the next batch of campaign finance reports. So candidates...
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Rick Santorum at the U.S. Supreme Court on March 26, 2012.
For Santorum, Affordable Care Act is a Two-Fer
Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum is using the Affordable Care Act as a fundraising device to attack both Mitt Romney and Barack Obama. In an email to supporters today, he cites his appearance outside the Supreme Court, where justices are hearing arguments on...
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